Electoral Reform Act 2022

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PART 2

Electoral Commission

Chapter 1

Definitions

Definitions (Part 2)

6. In this Part—

“accounting unit”, in relation to a political party, means a branch, including the headquarters of a political party if it is a separate accounting unit or other subsidiary organisation of the party, which in any particular year, receives a donation the value of which exceeds €100;

“Act of 1991” means the Local Government Act 1991 ;

“approved body” means a body declared by the Commission to be an approved body under section 33 ;

“ballot paper” has the meaning assigned to it by section 88 of the Act of 1992;

“committee” means a committee established under section 15 ;

“constituency” means, as the context may require, a Dáil constituency or a European Parliament constituency;

“electoral register”—

(a) means the register of presidential electors, the register of Dáil electors, the register of European electors, the register of local government electors or all such registers as the context may require, and

(b) where the context so requires, includes the postal voters list and the special voters list;

“establishment day” means the day appointed under section 7 ;

“European elector” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1992;

“excluded day” means a day which is a Sunday, Good Friday or a day which is a public holiday within the meaning of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 , or a day which by virtue of a statute or proclamation is a public holiday;

“Joint Oireachtas Committee” means the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

“local authority” means a local authority within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2001;

“local electoral area” means an area referred to in section 23 of the Act of 2001 by reference to which a local election is held;

“local government elector” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1992;

“local returning officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 15 of the Act of 1994;

“postal voters list” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1992;

“presiding officer” means a person appointed as a presiding officer under section 95 of the Act of 1992;

“recognised accountancy body” means a body granted recognition or deemed to have been granted recognition under section 930 of the Act of 2014;

“referendum returning officer” has the same meaning as it has in section 14 of the Act of 1994;

“Register of Political Parties” shall be construed in accordance with section 41 ;

“responsible person” means, in relation to an accounting unit, the treasurer or any other person responsible for dealing with donations to the unit, or, in relation to a third party, the person or persons responsible for the organisation, management or financial affairs of the third party;

“returning officer” has the meaning assigned to it by Part V of the Act of 1992;

“Service” means the Public Appointments Service;

“special voters list” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1992;

“treaties governing the European Union” has the same meaning as in the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012;

“third party” has the meaning assigned to it by section 22 (2)(aa) of the Electoral Act 1997 .